Forfarshire [Angus]-Dundee-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21622

Map Date:

[1832]

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland, Map Room

Historic county:

Forfarshire [Angus]

Town name:

Dundee

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NO405302

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NO 4329

Map title:

'Dundee.'

Comments on map:

Included in Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

J. Gardner, 163 Regent Street [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

51.5 x 31.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not described.

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, mental

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish: [Very fragmentary parish boundary indication].

Known copies of map:

Originally printed for Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1. 'Independent' copies noted: Dundee Central Library, Local History section, D.1832, NLS map library.

Industry:

food/drink

Railways:

routes

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Relief:

prominent hills: [Dundee Law].

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

boundary lengths

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1871

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560